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Date:      Wed, 4 Jul 2001 16:25:30 +0200
From:      Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
To:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mail/vpopmail FreeBSD port cleanup
Message-ID:  <20010704162530.A96675@mithrandr.moria.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010704172403.B4644@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:24:03PM %2B0300
References:  <20010704172403.B4644@ringworld.oblivion.bg>

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On Wed 2001-07-04 (17:24), Peter Pentchev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Attached is a patch to the mail/vpopmail port, which attempts to
> accomplish several things:
> 
> 1. Rip out the configure script lines that try to modify
>    the destination directory.  I think this one needs no explanation :)
>    And no, nothing has broken so far.
> 
> 2. Give the user the ability to override the default username/pass/db
>    for MySQL usage (I mean, other than editing vmysql.h by hand).
>    Yep, this could expose the username and password in the clear
>    environment during the build process; if somebody is afraid of
>    that, then they should simply not use it, and use the good ol'
>    editing-vmysql.h-by-hand method.  For the rest of us, this is
>    way more convenient :)
> 
> 3. Give the user the ability to override the default id of 89
>    for both the vchkpw group and the vpopmail user.  Currently,
>    the pkg-install script just aborts when pw(8) detects that
>    the value 89 is already in use (e.g. by the mailman port :)

Go for it.  (and, alternatively, we can use a different id and register
it in the registration place thingie.)

Neil
-- 
Neil Blakey-Milner
nbm@mithrandr.moria.org

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